Bowls with the Bard

This week it gets weird. We welcome back Noelia Antweiler and Ilana DeAngelo from last week and introduce Devi Reisenfeld to talk about the weird sisters from Macbeth! Devi Reisenfeld (She/Her/Hers) is an Actor/Singer/Pisces based here in Denver! After earning her Master’s Degree in Acting from the University of Southern Mississippi, Devi moved to Chicago where she worked professionally for four years playing roles such as Prudence in Beyond Therapy and Edwin Drood in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Devi is a Certified Theatrical Combatant with Dueling Arts International in multiple weapon disciplines and a pretty good little tap dancer but, like castmate Ilana, will always live in the shadow of her portrayal of Gertrude McFuzz in her high school’s production of Seussical circa 2009. Devi is currently performing in CSF’s Macbeth and the Merry Wives of Windsor running until August 11th. Follow Devi on Instagram @devialyse Noelia Antweiler (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Denver! As an actor, she has worked extensively in New York City and around the country. She is also a fine art model and a circus performer, specializing in aerial silks and dance trapeze. She believes in the healing power of creativity and the arts. Follow Noelia on Instagram @noelia.antweiler See Noelia in Dracula at the Arvada Arts Center September 27 - November 3: https://arvadacenter.org/events/dracula-a-feminist-revenge-fantasy-really [https://arvadacenter.org/events/dracula-a-feminist-revenge-fantasy-really] Ilana DeAngelo (She/Her/Hers) is a performer based in Brooklyn, New York. Her recent credits include Ophelia in Kentucky Shakespeare's Hamlet and Diana in CSF's All's Well That Ends Well- however, nothing compares to her portrayal of Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical when she was 14. Ilana is currently performing in CSF's Macbeth and The Merry Wives of Windsor running until August 11th. Follow Ilana on Instagram @lanilooooo Purchase tickets to the 2024 Colorado Shakespeare Festival here: https://cupresents.org/series/shakespeare-festival/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwnqK1BhBvEiwAi7o0X_Qmu1Jp3auHAkZg-JD1ao1IEJLcd_gdcQbf6GuUeWaLTRI7MWmSwRoCb2IQAvD_BwE [https://cupresents.org/series/shakespeare-festival/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwnqK1BhBvEiwAi7o0X_Qmu1Jp3auHAkZg-JD1ao1IEJLcd_gdcQbf6GuUeWaLTRI7MWmSwRoCb2IQAvD_BwE] Bowls with the Bard: Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok: @BowlswiththeBard Facebook: Bowls with the Bard Twitter: @stonedshakespea Art by Lizzy Colandene Music by Constantino Fernandez Sound by Jonathan Miot Podcast by Micaela Mannix

This week we talk about the other women of Windsor, Mistress Quickly and Anne Page, with 2024 Colorado Shakespeare Festival actors, Noelia Antweiler and Ilana DeAngelo! Noelia Antweiler (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Denver! As an actor, she has worked extensively in New York City and around the country. She is also a fine art model and a circus performer, specializing in aerial silks and dance trapeze. She believes in the healing power of creativity and the arts. Follow Noelia on Instagram @noelia.antweiler See Noelia in Dracula at the Arvada Arts Center: https://arvadacenter.org/events/dracula-a-feminist-revenge-fantasy-really [https://arvadacenter.org/events/dracula-a-feminist-revenge-fantasy-really] Ilana DeAngelo (She/Her/Hers) is a performer based in Brooklyn, New York. Her recent credits include Ophelia in Kentucky Shakespeare's Hamlet and Diana in CSF's All's Well That Ends Well- however, nothing compares to her portrayal of Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical when she was 14. Ilana is currently performing in CSF's Macbeth and The Merry Wives of Windsor running until August 11th. Follow Ilana on Instagram @lanilooooo Purchase tickets to the 2024 Colorado Shakespeare Festival here: https://cupresents.org/series/shakespeare-festival/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwnqK1BhBvEiwAi7o0X_Qmu1Jp3auHAkZg-JD1ao1IEJLcd_gdcQbf6GuUeWaLTRI7MWmSwRoCb2IQAvD_BwE [https://cupresents.org/series/shakespeare-festival/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwnqK1BhBvEiwAi7o0X_Qmu1Jp3auHAkZg-JD1ao1IEJLcd_gdcQbf6GuUeWaLTRI7MWmSwRoCb2IQAvD_BwE] Bowls with the Bard: Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok: @BowlswiththeBard Facebook: Bowls with the Bard Twitter: @stonedshakespea Art by Lizzy Colandene Music by Constantino Fernandez Sound by Jonathan Miot Podcast by Micaela Mannix

This week we chat with Lizzie Conrad Hughes and Valentina Vinci about their cue based Shakespeare company, Shake-Scene Shakespeare. We dive into zoom theatre, working with actors from around the world, and what it's like to work at a female led Shakespeare company. LIZZIE CONRAD HUGHES (she/her) A lifetime theatre professional (actor, writer, director, producer and teacher), Lizzie is the founder and Artistic Director of Shake-Scene Shakespeare, currently the UK’s only exclusively cue-based teaching and performing company producing Shakespeare contemporaries from cues only. Lizzie is researching a practice-led PhD at the Shakespeare Institute. Her experience as an actor, director, producer and book-holder for Shake-Scene, as well as her professional acting career, inform her research interests. Follow Lizzie on X: @lizziecanttweet VALENTINA VINCI (she/her) Valentina Vinci is an Italian actor and technical producer based in the UK. She represented Italy in the 2015 International Actors' Fellowship at Shakespeare's Globe and has appeared in over 40 Shakespearean productions both in the UK and Internationally. Valentina is a partner in Shakes-Scene Shakespeare, and has been part of the new online action choreography’s development and artistry. Follow Valentina on X: @valen.vinci.tina Donate to Shake-Scene's crowdfunder: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-shake-scene-shakespeare-going-up-north [https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-shake-scene-shakespeare-going-up-north] Patreon - search for Shake-Scene Shakespeare LINKTREE - https://linktr.ee/shakesceneshakespeare [https://linktr.ee/shakesceneshakespeare] Tickets for August shows at SHAKESPEARE NORTH PLAYHOUSE - https://shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk/event/shake-scene-shakespeare/ [https://shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk/event/shake-scene-shakespeare/] Follow Shake-Scene Shakespeare: TikTok: @shakesceneshakespeare Twitter: @shakescenery Instagram: shakescene.shakespeare Threads: shakescene.shakespeare Facebook: Shake-Scene Shakespeare BlueSky: @shakescenery.bsky.social [http://shakescenery.bsky.social] Visit their website at www.shake-sceneshakespeare.co.uk [http://www.shake-sceneshakespeare.co.uk] Bowls with the Bard: Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok: @BowlswiththeBard Facebook: Bowls with the Bard Twitter: @stonedshakespea Art by Lizzy Colandene Music by Constantino Fernandez Sound by Jonathan Miot Podcast by Micaela Mannix

This week we chat with Charlene V. Smith about one of Shakespeare's most badass broads: Margaret of Anjou. Charlene V. Smith (she, her, hers) is a director, actor, and scholar with an MLitt and MFA in Shakespeare and Performance from Mary Baldwin University. Formerly the artistic director of Brave Spirits Theatre, her directing credits include Antony and Cleopatra, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Coriolanus, The Two Noble Kinsmen, and the first modern professional production of The Bloody Banquet. She is one of the few women in the world to have directed a full cycle of Shakespeare’s Henriad. Brave Spirits Theatre’s project to become the first professional American company to stage the eight English histories in repertory was interrupted by the pandemic, but over the past two years, they have been reimagining this project into audio. The resulting twenty-four episodes will be released later this year. She has essays published in The Palgrave Handbook of Shakespeare’s Queens, Arden Shakespeare’s The Changeling: The State of Play, and the forthcoming The Theatrical Legacy of Thomas Middleton. Follow Charlene on all social media @charlenevsmith Visit her website at www.charlenevsmith.com [http://www.charlenevsmith.com] Bowls with the Bard: Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok: @BowlswiththeBard Facebook: Bowls with the Bard Twitter: @stonedshakespea Art by Lizzy Colandene Music by Constantino Fernandez Sound by Jonathan Miot Podcast by Micaela Mannix

This week we chat with Fawzia Istrabadi about the challenges and rewards of translating Romeo and Juliet into Arabic. Fawzia Istrabadi (She/They) is a Shakespeare actor and the creator of Arabic Shakespeare. A half-Iraqi actor who has a passion for creating representation for Arab/SWANA theatre artists. This passion is what led her to team up with Prague Shakespeare Company's Guy Roberts and ShakeSphere's Adham Sayed to create Romeo & جولييت. You can find ArabicShakespeare on Instagram and Facebook. Bowls with the Bard: Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok: @BowlswiththeBard Facebook: Bowls with the Bard Twitter: @stonedshakespea Art by Lizzy Colandene Music by Constantino Fernandez Sound by Jonathan Miot Podcast by Micaela Mannix